Pierre,

Cisco IOS XE and IOS classic support the draft since 18 months
Cisco IOS XR will support it in Q2 2015, code completed.

You got at least 2 networking OS supporting it

Bertrand 
BGP Product Manager.

On 12/02/15 23:54, "Pierre Francois" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Hello Rick, 
>
>On Feb 12, 2015, at 12:17 PM, Rick Casarez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> First off I will say I love this idea. It is addressing an issue I know
>>some of my team members and I have discussed before. We have configured
>>our own set of "DEPREF" policies (Inbound and Outbound) to address it
>>and they align with this for the most part.
>
>I am glad to read that :)
>
>> 
>> The one difference is that since not all AS will allow LOCAL_PREF
>>manipulation we instead also use AS-PATH pre-pending outbound to
>>external peers to make NLRIs from the peer under maintenance less
>>attractive. Since we have multiple connections those routers not
>>undergoing maintenance will become preferred paths.
>
>When the case is
>
>.  // links with the same AS
>. the neighbouring AS is not setting LP larger on paths received from the
>session you are bringing down, the effect will be the same.
>
>It's likely to be the case when you are tearing down one of the //
>sessions you have with your transit provider and your transit is not
>TE'ing you. 
>When shutting down a peering link with a customer, you're never quite
>sure as well, customer likely decides how to get to you with LP.
>
>
>> Having said that your solution would be more elegant since we would be
>>able to create a single policy than configures the same community both
>>directions for the same result. I am always a fan of simplification if
>>we can get there. I would prefer it if it can be made part of a BGP
>>implementation though allowing us to forgo the manual configuration
>>process we have now.
>
>It was the goal. Check with your favourite vendor if it does not, by any
>chance, already provide the feature ;)
>
>Cheers, 
>
>Pierre.
>
>
>> -------------------
>> Cheers, Rick
>> 
>> Experiences not things.
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